Nancy Guthrie Update: Pima County Sergeant's Statement About Annie Guthrie, Tommaso Cioni Raises Questions
New information about the Nancy Guthrie case is raising questions about what the family told authorities early on in the investigation.
In the latest video uploaded to Brian Entin's YouTube channel, Brian Entin Investigates, Entin spoke with Pima County Sergeant Aaron Cross about the case. Entin asked Cross about the family making it clear that Guthrie did not wander away from home, which Savannah Guthrie said during an interview with Hoda Kotb.
"That's not the information that I gathered today," Cross told Entin. "[I heard] that the family believed that she was out there...that she had walked away."
"It's hard to say when people are under stress, they're obviously very worried about their mother, I imagine. And so maybe they were hoping for the best, that she was just nearby...it's hard to say," Cross added.
In her interview with Kotb, Savannah stated that she and her siblings initially wondered if Nancy had a medical emergency in the overnight hours and that the paramedics came and transported her to a nearby hospital. However, after calling nearby hospitals, they concluded that whatever happened to Nancy did not involve a 911 call.
Savannah said that her sister, Annie Guthrie, and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni, made it clear that Nancy couldn't have just walked away from home.
"From the early moments, Annie and Tommy were saying 'this isn't the case that you are used to where someone wanders off. She can't wander off,'" Savannah said. She went on to say that her mother was in "tremendous pain" and she couldn't walk long distances-barely able to make it to the mailbox at her home.
About two weeks into the case, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos released a statement clearing the immediate family (including their spouses) of any involvement in Nancy's disappearance. Nevertheless, Sgt. Cross' recent comments about the case has left social media users with more questions.
Nancy, 84, has been missing since Feb. 1. Anyone with information about her whereabouts or what might have happened to her is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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This story was originally published May 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM.